Tag: rfds

Community rallies to help keep Royal Flying Doctor Service flying

The Millicent community has again come together over the past year to raise an impressive amount of $27,300 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service...

High school funds boost

AMount Gambier school will receive $6m in funds to be announced as part of Thursday’s upcoming State Budget.
Mount Gambier High School has been allocated...

Mill donations praised

The 400 employees and contractors at the Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) Millicent Mill have recently donated over $5000 to three local charities enabling them to...

Flying doctor sign bid

An approach for indirect financial support for the Royal Flying Doctor Service has been met with a lukewarm response from an elected member of...

Outback trek for good cause

Thornlea farmer Michael McCourt and his Furner counterpart Scott Clarke have recently returned from a 6000km jaunt across the Top End from Geraldton to...

‘Philly factory’ spreads support

There was nothing cheesy about a recent significant donation made to the Royal Flying Doctor Service Mount Gambier support group. Mondelez International, the manufacturer of...

Couple steps out of comfort zone

Mount Gambier’s Jodie Glasson and Alex Senior have been walking to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) ‘Oceans to Outback Challenge’...

Support group donation just what doctor ordered

The Royal Flying Doctors Mount Gambier Support Group has recently received a donation of more than $1450 from Dr Mike Bruorton and Hawkins Medical...

Outback adventure keeps RFDS flying

Locals Michael McCourt and Scott Clarke have just returned from this year’s Outback Car Trek, which was a great success for team Cobber. The trek...

Red Cross farewell

Red Cross South East and Riverland regional services manager David Walshaw has retired after three and half years in the role. He was farewelled during...

Lives on the line

Local MP Troy Bell is worried that regional lives will be lost after a Mount Gambier woman was left waiting at the Royal Flying...

Patients in middle 
of transport issue

Lengthy delays reported by two Mount Gambier district patients needing urgent medical assistance in Adelaide have resulted in Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell...

Bank manager ‘cheques out’

Bendigo Bank Mount Gambier Branch Manager Tracy Koop said farewell to her position at the bank last week after 13 years of leading the...

RFDS bowled over by
 Millicent club donation

There was a special presentation when the 2021 season of the Millicent Uniting Church Indoor Bowls Club drew to a close. A cheque for $1500...